Unit 1: Intro to Medical and Anatomical Terms Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities
adnex/o
adjacent, accessory
anatom/o
body structures
anter/o
front
blast/o
front
cuad/o
tail
celi/o
belly, abdomen
cephal/o
head
cyan/o
blue
cyt/o
cell
dermat/o, derm/o
skin
dist/o
distant from origin
dors/o
back
epitheli/o
epithelial
eti/o
cause of disease
hist/o
tissue
later/o
side
mediastin/o
mediastinum
medi/o
middle
megal/o
enlarged
morph/o
form
muc/o
mucus
pelv/o
pelvis
physi/o
function
pleur/o
lung cavity
poster/o
back
proxim/o
closer to origin
ser/o
serum or serous membrane
thorac/o
chest
ventr/o
front
peri-
surrounding
-centesis
surgical puncture
-cyte
cell
-ia
condition
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-logist
one who studies
-logy
study of
-megaly
enlarged
-meter
instrument to measure
-metry
process of measuring
-osis
condition
-paralysis
loss of movement and feeling
-pathy
disease
-tic, -our, -ic, -ar, -ible, -able
adjective endings
-um, -y, -a, -us
noun endings